More now from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is holding a news conference in Kyiv.
More now from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is holding a news conference in Kyiv.
He tells reporters around 1,300 Ukrainian troops have been killed in the first 17 days of the Russian invasion.
It’s a figure the BBC cannot independently verify.
Western sources estimated on Friday that around 6,000 Russian troops have also been killed in that period.